Alex Trebek: Eight. Pedro: How many iPods I have had to return under warranty since August 2002? Alex Trebek: That is correct. iPod #7, the lucky one, is now on its way to the Apple repair depot to be exchanged under warranty. Since I had paid for Apple Care I was not required to drive [...]

Today I finally got around to replace my dead Apple keyboard. I was ready to go to the Apple store to plunk down $30 for a replacement keyboard, but Ivette convinced me to check out what was available at Target. To my surprise I got to score a Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop, Comfort Edition, for [...]

Today I was tendered two incredibly generous employment offers, one from a big corporation, where I would be one of many grinding away at a project so huge that it honestly impressed the hell out of me. The second came from a tiny company that is so popular that their customers are drowning them in [...]

More news on the dissent amongst the ranks at Microsoft. Now there are reports that contradict the 60% rewrite figure, and also that X-box programmers have been shifted over to work in Vista. What we do know is that the ex-MS Office boss, Steve Sinofsky, is now calling the shots for Windows. Steve also (hopefully [...]

Am I the only one experiencing erratic behavior in the most current (1.8.2) version of Gmail Notifier? Mine almost never shows the right status. Technorati Tags: Apple, Google, Internet

Yesterday was a bit too exciting for my own good. 1.5 hour interview (which started late) some 6 miles away. I was half an hour early, did not help me shit except to watch one of the two receptionists eat her cereal with milk. This was 10 AM. The interview kicked ass but was so [...]

I am starting to see a disturbing trend in the job openings posted online over the past few weeks: There are many less principals listing openings than what it used to be just a few years ago The same posts are showing up in different boards and with weird fluctuations Some people are posting ads [...]

Yahoo/AP just announced that Andy Card has resigned as Chief of Staff of the White House. As I was typing this, Fox broadcast the live announcement by President Bush. The new Chief of Staff is budget director Josh Bolten. In a curious note, the first bible quote of the live conference was Card’s (unless I [...]

Today somebody asked me to do something annoying. I was to fill out a form, sent to me as a MS Word document. I was directed to fill it, print it and present it later this week in a meeting. I don’t have a printer. I have not felt the need to have a printer [...]

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